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landslide

noun

  1. natural disaster involving ground movement down a slope
  2. lopsided political victory
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈlæn(d).slaɪd/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Middle English lond English land English slide English landslide From land + slide.

  1. A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path.

    Near-synonym: mudflow

    The landslides Wednesday in Zhejiang province, south of the financial hub of Shanghai, followed Typhoon Megi, which brought heavy rains and high winds to China and Taiwan this past week.[…] The second landslide in Wencheng county killed five people, with one person still missing, an official at the county’s flood control office said Saturday.

  2. A vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority.

    The candidate won at 61% to 39%, which most people are calling a landslide.

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Middle English lond English land English slide English landslide From land + slide.

  1. To undergo a landslide.

    So it landslid mightily, carrying off greens and fairways and all.